Cigarette extinguisher



' Jan. 8, 1924. 1,480,069

W. H. J. HIPPLE. JR 7 CIGARETTE EXTINGUI SHER Filed July 8', 1921 WE a: 57

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l BY We WITNESS ATTORNEY I the invention residing Patented Jan. 8, 1924.,

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER.

- Application filed July 8 T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. J. HIP- PLE, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and'useful Improvements in Cigarette Extinguishers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in ash trays for tobacco smokers and is arranged to provide an efficient receiver for the reception of cigar butts, ashes from pipes, cigars, and cigarettes, as well as to provide means for holding cigarettes, the holder being arranged to support a lighted cigarette without extinguishing it or to choke the lighted end, extinguish it and thereby prevent further smoke arising therefrom.

Another object of my invention is to provide such a receiver which can readily be cleansed and maintained in a sanitary condition.

The device may comprise atray of dish 26 form, preferably of glass or otherwmaterial which is non-combustible. and which has a surface which can readily be cleaned and a ring preferably of metal, such as brass, which is non-combustible, ornamental, and which can also readily be cleaned.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a erspective showing a holder constituting a esirable embodiment of my invention assuperimposed on a' surface which may be that of a table. bar or the like. Figure 2 is a diametrical section of the said holder. F

Figure 3 is a diametrical section showing a holder of the type indicated as disposed in atray.

Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in Figures 1 and 2 to which reference will first be made.

The holder of the figures indicated is of general annular form, and may be made of metal, porcelain or any othermateria-l com-.

patible with the purpose of my inyention, npt in the material of 0 the holder but in t e materiall geous characteristics of the hol er as will now be pointed out. The holder comprises a body 1, a plurality of sockets 2 therein 1921. Serial No.'4s3,'294.

. adapted toreceive the lighted ends of cigarettes and preferably tapered downwardly as illustrated, and a bevel or inclined surface 3 at the inner lower corner of the body 1. At its lower edge 4 the body 1 is adapted to rest on a surface 5 which may be that of a table or bar or may be the upper side of the bottom of a tray 6, as shown in Figure 3. The lower ends of the sockets 2 extend through the said beveled or inclined surface 3 and hence it will be manifest that the lower ends of the sockets will always be in spaced relation to the surface on which the holder is placed, with the result that free access is afforded for 'air to the lower ends of the sockets 2. This free admission of air to the lower ends of the sockets 2-is materially advantageous for the reason that when the.

lighted end of a cigarette is temporarily placed by a smoker in one ofthe sockets 2, by lightly dropping it therein the air acting through the lower end of the socket will serve to maintain the cigarette lighted. It

'will also be understood that the clearance afforded between the lower ends of the sockets 2 and the supporting surface is further materially advantageous inasmuch as it enables ashes to freely pass from the sockets "[2130 the supporting surface and in that'way precludes the filling of the, sockets 2 with ing of the ashes will be efl'ectively prevented, and at suitable intervals the holder may be lifted from the surface 5 for the ready removal of the confined mass of ashes.

I ill ustrate the periphery of the body 1 as convex in vertical section, and I also illustrate the said body 1 or holder with the convex outer side as disposed in a correspond ngly shaped tray 6, Figure M3. I would, have it distinctly understood, howover, that. the convexity of the periphery of the holder and the concave shape of the inad vanta-\ ner side of the side wall of the tray are not of the'essence of my invention inasmuch as.

the periphery of the holder and the inner side of the side wall of the tray may be straight or of any other appropriate conclaimed.

The lower face of the cigarette holder converges upwardly and inwardly so that the lower ends of the sockets around said face willbe clear of a flat supporting surface, and thereby provide suflicient clearance for the entrance of air to the lower ends of the sockets, as well as to provide ash space below the sockets. The ashes, etc., within the holder will be retained by the annular apex formed by the periphery and lower face. This clearance is also provided when the holder is positioned in a dish-shaped tray, having a relatively flat bottom and a, side wall conforming to the periphery of the holder.

cigarette extinguisher comprising a. de-

vice having inner, outer, upper and lowerfaces, each face forming a junction with two of the other faces, there being a plurality of tapered sockets extending through the device from the upper to the lower faces, the lower face being so shaped that the sockets open at their lower ends aboi e a plane extending through the lowest portion of the lower face to form an air space communicating with the bottoms of the sockets when the device is placed on a plane surface.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

wittrnt HENRY JOSEPH nirrtt, JR. 

